I am exhibiting work at the Pharmacy of Stories in June, so feel free to come along. You can look at their website here.

I have also been working on a freelance project for a new company called CAN. I had to create over 30 illustrations to be used as profile pictures. You can read more about the project on my blog. Take a peek:

The German poet Schiller wrote that, “deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught through life” (Bettleheim, 1991:5). This phrase communicates one of the many reasons why I became obsessed with the topic, and it overtook my creative work and my Dissertation during my graduate degree.

I am fascinated with their ability to magnify normality and create an unsettling atmosphere, something that keeps me curious and searching for a better understanding. I believe that they stand as a metaphor for universal human problems, translating “the eternal truths of mental life into concrete actions and images” (Tatar 1987:65).

My portfolio is dominated by the fairy tale themes: childhood anxiety, psychological aspects of cannibalism, femininity, inverted birthing, the fantastical, ungovernable appetites and the incorporation food. I use various media, ranging from sculpture to costume, which I eventually combine to become one complete final piece that I record through a lens. I like to create tactile sculptures that encourage audience involvement, , and an example of this is a supporting image within my project Once Upon A Time: The Taboo Par Excellence, in which I moulded a face entirely out of cake and displayed it at an exhibition in the Rag Factory. I set up recording equipment to document peoples’ interaction with the piece. I wanted to see whether or not they would be tempted to eat it, even though there was no sign on display allowing them to do so. The footage creates an image of The Uncanny within a fantasy context when various hands slyly enter the frame to steal away sections of icing “flesh”.

I hope you enjoy looking through my portfolio.

Rachel Emily Taylor

You’ll be able to see – and buy – copies of it at the Comic Exhibition at the London Print Studio, which runs from the 17th to the 25th of June. I will be showing exciting new pieces of work there too.

For more information about the Print Studio, call: (+44) 020 8969 3247

The section I worked on begins at 5 mins 48 secs. Its called “Second Song”.

The event is taking place at the Rich Mix in London. Click here to find out more about the film screening.

You can read more about Tim Walker’s project in the Telegraph, here.

Below is a still from the film:

I reconsidered that Little Red Riding Hood was willingly devoured. By entering the wolf, he becomes the passageway to the loss of childhood innocence. The girl is reborn a woman. “In myth and fairy tale, the metaphor of devouring often stands for sex” (Warner 1994:259).

My final piece for this project was a film shot on super 8mm in a studio titled ”Grandmother’s Bones”. I also made a large 3-D sculpture of a wolf head to use as a film prop, as well as creating a collection of screen prints, sculptures and photographs.

The act of sexual penetration is conveyed through the performance art in the film. I used the colour red in my film to symbolise menstrual blood, violence and sex. 

This project was exhibited at Super Graphics and can be seen in further detail here.

Nothing In Nowhere is a recording project based in London, UK. The self-titled debut album is a collection of material that mixes heavily-digitised instrumentation with analogue engineering techniques. Written and recorded between May 2010 and June 2011, the songs feature burnt-out guitar melodies and heavily processed drum-loops over layers of tape-hiss, field-recordings and radio static.

Have a look over at the website: nothinginnowhere.com
The bandcamp: store.nothinginnowhere.com
And soundcloud: soundcloud.com/nothing-in-nowhere

For alternative etchings and imagery, please feel free to visit my blog. Click Here.

It’s all very exciting. We spent today creating a set and making small props.

Check out Mikey’s website here.

Also, I know it’s short notice but tomorrow I am giving a short talk at “Laydeez Do Comics” at the Rag Factory in London.

It is at 6.30pm to 9.30pm. It’s a mere £1.50 entry and you get cakes and tea.

Have a peek at their website here.

I had to create an image that was half-animal and half-human. Only creating the ‘head’ of the figure, without the body.

The colours that I used were strictly directed – since I had to fit into their branding design – even down to not adding colour to the skin incase it implied racial discrimination. Also, I was given a list of animals to work with.

CAN also planned to use the illustrations in a Grid format, which you can see tested at the bottom of the page.

If you have any queries on postage or pricing, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Also, it seems as if the comic internship is kicking off! Check out the progress on our blog. Click here.